I went with an older Lisa Kleypas for my beach reading while on vacation. Or rather, on my trip – I have a toddler now, there is no vacationing for a long while. Where Dreams Begin is the story of Zachary Bronson, an incredibly wealthy commoner with a humble past and a rowdy reputation and Holly Taylor, a young widow and mother still mourning the deathJ of her husband three years prior. Holly attends a ball after years of mourning and ends up being kissed […]
Manic Pixie Dream Lady
I didn’t dislike Devil in Spring. It was an enjoyable read. As soon as I was done and thinking about the review, the words “manic pixie dream girl” came rushing into my brain. It’s not entirely fair. But kind of. Lady Pandora Ravenel is not like the other girls. We know this because everyone says it all the time. She’s different, she’s not like the others, she’s a wild child. And Gabriel Challon, Lord St. Vincent treats her like a child a lot of the […]
Dear Ms Kleypas, I have concerns.
After being less than won over by the first book in the Wallflowers series by Lisa Kleypas, I decided the thing to do was to keep going. I figured out later that my real issue was with the secondary plot line and have warmed to the style of Kleypas’ writing in the intervening weeks. In the Wallflowers series, Kleypas tracks the lives and loves of four women passed over by the eligible men of the ton and the friendship they develop along the way. Book […]